Office of the Dean
Lisa Lynch, Ph.D.
Dean
781-736-3883, lisalynch@brandeis.edu
Laurence R. Simon, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Academic Planning
781-736-2770, simon@brandeis.edu
Deborah Garnick, Sc.D.
Associate Dean, Academic Personnel
781-736-3840, garnick@brandeis.edu
Constance Horgan, Sc.D.
Associate Dean, Research
781-736-3916, horgan@brandeis.edu
Ron Etlinger
Chief Administrative Officer
781-736-3902, etlinger@brandeis.edu
Claudia Jacobs, ’70
Director of Communications Initiatives, the Heller School
Director of Capacity Building, the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy
781-736-3806, cjacobs@brandeis.edu
Debbie Shapiro Katz, MA '97
Associate Director for Development and
Alumni Relations
781-736-3899, dskatz@brandeis.edu
Kristen Stevens
Program Administrator and Assistant to the Dean
781-736-8683, kstevens@brandeis.edu
Development, Communications and
Alumni Relations
Claudia Jacobs, ’70
Director of Communications Initiatives, the Heller School
Director of Capacity Building, the Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy
781-736-3806, cjacobs@brandeis.edu
Debbie Shapiro Katz, MA '97
Associate Director for Development and
Alumni Relations
781-736-3899, dskatz@brandeis.edu
Norma DeMattos
Assistant Director, Alumni Relations
781-736-4827, ndemat@brandeis.edu
Alexandra Rubington
Communications Specialist
781-736-3927, arubingt@brandeis.edu
Courtney Lombardo
Program Administrator
781-736-3808, clombard@brandeis.edu
Laura Gardner
Media Relations Specialist, Brandeis Office of Communications
781-736-4204, gardner@brandeis.edu
Jack White
Web Designer
781-736-3886, jwhite@brandeis.edu
Sara Haradhvala
Web Developer, Library and Technology Services
781-736-3537, harlen@brandeis.edu
Heller Admissions
Thomas Broussard, Ph.D. '06
Assistant Dean, Admissions, Recruitment and Career Services
781-736-3787, tbroussa@brandeis.edu
James Sabourin
Director, Admissions Management and Financial Aid
781-736-2763, sabourin@brandeis.edu
Margaret Haley
Assistant Director
781-736-3792, haley@brandeis.edu
Paul Dillon
Admissions Officer
781-736-3923, pdillon@brandeis.edu
Marie Benoit
Admissions Officer
781-736-2647, mbenoit@brandeis.edu
Lauren Gilfeather
Communications Program Administrator
781-736-2775, gilfeather@brandeis.edu
Rebecca Hill
Admissions Department Coordinator
781-736-3820, rghill@brandeis.edu
Office of Academic and Student Services
Doris Breay
Assistant Dean, Academic and Student Services
781-736-2773, breay@brandeis.edu
Mary Brooks, M.A. ’03
Assistant Director for Students and Community Relations
781-736-2816, maryeliz@brandeis.edu
Thomas Broussard, Ph.D. ’06
Assistant Dean, Admissions, Recruitment and Career Services
781-736-3787, tbroussa@brandeis.edu
Denise Riebman
Career Services Coordinator
781-736-3362, driebman@brandeis.edu
Andy Beggs, M.M.H.S. '97
International Career Advisor
781-736-3813, abeggs@brandeis.edu
Cara King-Anderson
Program Administrator
781-736-2737, clka@brandeis.edu
Victoria Corpian
Senior Department Coordinator
781-736-8387, vsarro@brandeis.edu
Charlotte Benham '07
Department Coordinator
781-736-4197, cbenham@brandeis.edu
Office of Student Records, Enrollment and Financial Services
Ravi Lakshmikanthan, M.A. ’99
Assistant Dean, Student Records, Enrollment and Financial Services
781-736-2753, kanthan@brandeis.edu
Kanako Ito Nguyen
Program Coordinator
781-736-3801, kito@brandeis.edu
Academic Planning
Laurence Simon, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Academic Planning
781-736-2770, simon@brandeis.edu
Academic Personnel
Deborah Garnick, Sc.D.
Associate Dean, Academic Personnal
781-736-3840, garnick@brandeis.edu
Ph.D. Program
Christine Bishop, Ph.D.
Director
781-736-3942, bishop@brandeis.edu
Kay Bennett, M.S.W.
Assistant Director
781-736-8992, bennett@brandeis.edu
M.A. Program
Laurence Simon, Ph.D.
Director
781-736-2770, simon@brandeis.edu
Cristina Espinosa, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Academics
espinosa@brandeis.edu
M.S. Program
Laurence Simon, Ph.D.
Director
781-736-2770, simon@brandeis.edu
Joan Kaufman, Sc.D.
Interim Associate Director, Academics
781-736-3889, kaufmanj@brandeis.edu
M.B.A. Program
Jody Hoffer Gittell, Ph.D.
Director
781-736-3680, jgittell@brandeis.edu
M.P.P. Program
Michael Doonan, Ph.D. '02
Director
781-736-4831, doonan@brandeis.edu
Executive Leadership Program
Jon Chilingerian, Ph.D.
Director
781-736-3828, chilingerian@brandeis.edu
Undergraduate Program: Health: Science, Society and Policy
Sarita Bhalotra, M.D., Ph.D. ’99
Co-Chair
781-736-3960, bhalotra@brandeis.edu
Constance Horgan, Sc.D.
Associate Dean, Research
781-736-3916, horgan@brandeis.edu
Schneider Institutes for Health Policy
Stanley Wallack, Ph.D., Executive Director
781-736-3900, wallack@brandeis.edu
Institute for Behavioral Health
Constance Horgan, Sc.D., Director
781-736-3916, horgan@brandeis.edu
Institute on Healthcare Systems
Stanley Wallack, Ph.D., Interim Director
781-736-3900, wallack@brandeis.edu
Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP)
Thomas Shapiro, Ph.D., Director
781-736-4671, tshapiro@brandeis.edu
National Program on Women and Aging
781-736-3826
website
Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy (ICYFP)
Lorraine Klerman, Dr.P.H., Director
781-736-3715, klerman@brandeis.edu
Center for Youth and Communities
Susan Curnan, M.S., M.F.S., Director
781-736-3771, curnan@brandeis.edu
website
The Nathan and Toby Starr Center for Mental Retardation
Marji Erickson Warfield, Ph.D.
781.736.3833, mew@brandeis.edu
webpage
Center for International Development
Laurence Simon, Ph.D., Director
781-736-2770, simon@brandeis.edu